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237 games like Turrican

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01 Turrican II: The Final Fight Cover

1991 · Amiga, ACPC, Atari-ST

Turrican II: The Final Fight

77%

Turrican II: The Final Fight is a platformer/shooter as typically seen on consoles, but designed for home computers from the ground up. Its plot is - naturally - very simple: an evil mega-robot called The Machine attacks the United Planets Ship Avalon 1, slau...

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Turrican

77% Sehr nah dran
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 A.M.C.: Astro Marine Corps Cover

1989 · Amiga, ACPC, Atari-ST

A.M.C.: Astro Marine Corps

77%

A.M.C.: Astro Marine Corps is a sideways scrolling shooter in which you control a member of the Astro Marine Corps who has to blast his way through the various alien infested levels. You have three lives and each life has an energy bar which is depleted by co...

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Turrican

77% Sehr nah dran
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Contra 4 Cover

2007 · Mobile, NDS

Contra 4

76%

The action franchise that started it all is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an all-new adventure on Nintendo DS! Set after the events of Contra III: Alien Wars, the game follows mercenaries Bill Rizer and Lance Bean as they battle to save the world from...

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Turrican

76% Sehr nah dran
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Atomic Runner Chelnov Cover

1988 · Arcade

Atomic Runner Chelnov

76%

The player takes the role of Chelnov, a coal miner who miraculously survives the malfunction and explosion of a nuclear power plant. Chelnov's body gains superhuman abilities due to the massive amount of radiation given off by the explosion, and a secret organ...

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Turrican

76% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Abuse Cover

1996 · Amiga, DOS, Linux

Abuse

75%

Abuse resembles a side-scrolling platform game. The game is marked for its unusual control scheme: The keyboard is used to move Nick, while the mouse is used for aiming the weapons. The basic gameplay consists of fighting various enemies (mostly the various fo...

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Turrican

75% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Wild 9 Cover

1998 · PS1

Wild 9

75%

Wild 9 is a 2D platformer with 3D graphics, featuring gameplay similar in vein to the company's Earthworm Jim games. Unique to the game is the The Rig, a weapon the protagonist wields. The Rig functions like an electronic lasso, capable of moving objects as we...

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Turrican

75% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Mega Man ZX Cover

2006 · NDS

Mega Man ZX

66%

This game contains elements from the Mega Man X series and the Mega Man Zero series. The game introduces a new open-ended gameplay environment and the ability to select the protagonist's gender, a first in the series. The player's character, Vent or Aile, is o...

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Turrican

66% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Super Metroid Cover

1994 · New 3DS, SFAM, SNES

Super Metroid

65%

The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry to retrieve the dead...

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Turrican

65% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Exploration Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
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09 Metroid Fusion Cover

2002 · GBA, 3DS, WiiU

Metroid Fusion

65%

Metroid Fusion is a side-scrolling action-adventure game that combines exploration, combat, and progression within a structured environment. Players navigate distinct sectors, acquire new abilities, and unlock access to previously restricted areas as they adva...

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Turrican

65% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Exploration Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
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10 Super Contra Cover

1988 · Amiga, Arcade, DOS

Super Contra

64%

Super Contra is a Run and Gun-style action game produced by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and the second game in the Contra series released for the arcades. Like in the original game...

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Turrican

64% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Cover
52%

A 400-year-old clue in the coffin of Sir Francis Drake sets a modern-day fortune hunter on an exploration for the fabled treasure of El Dorado, leading to the discovery of a forgotten island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The search turns deadly when Nat...

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Turrican

52% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
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12 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Cover

1992 · 3DS, PC, PS3

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

51%

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a side-scrolling platform game and the sequel to the original Sonic the Hedgehog. Players control Sonic as he traverses larger, faster-paced levels across West Side Island, collecting rings, defeating robot enemies, and pursuing Doctor...

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Turrican

51% Mutiger Treffer
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Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 Sonic the Hedgehog Cover

1991 · Arcade, PC, PS3

Sonic the Hedgehog

50%

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 2D side-scrolling platformer developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Genesis/Mega Drive. Players control Sonic the Hedgehog, who can run at near supersonic speeds and sets out on a quest to defeat Dr. Robotnik, a scientist...

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Turrican

50% Mutiger Treffer
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Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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14 Broforce Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Broforce

50%

When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force. Brace your loins with up to four players to run ‘n’ gun as dozens of different bros and eliminate the o...

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Turrican

50% Mutiger Treffer
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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15 Cyber-Lip Cover

1990 · Arcade, neogeoaes, neogeomvs

Cyber-Lip

50%

Inspired by the Contra series, Cyber-Lip is an early side-scrolling shooter by SNK for the Neo Geo. It's considered one of the predecessors to popular Metal Slug franchise.

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Turrican

50% Mutiger Treffer
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Shooter Genre Science fiction Theme Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 Fallout 4 Cover

2015 · PC, PS4, PS5

Fallout 4

48%

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to the world of Fallout 4, their most ambitious game ever, and the next generation of open-world gaming. As the sole survivor of Vault 111, you enter a world destroyed by nuclear war. Every second is a fight for survival, and...

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Turrican

48% Mutiger Treffer
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

17 Dead Space Cover

2008 · PC, PS3, X360

Dead Space

48%

Dead Space is a 2008 science fiction survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores (now Visceral Games) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released on all platforms through October 2008. The game puts the player in cont...

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Turrican

48% Mutiger Treffer
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

18 Control Cover

2019 · Stadia, PC, PS4

Control

48%

Control is a third-person action-adventure game set in the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive U.S. government agency that studies paranormal phenomena. Players control Jesse Faden, who arrives at the Bureau's headquarters, the Oldest House, to find it inva...

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Turrican

48% Mutiger Treffer
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Worms Armageddon Cover

1999 · DC, N64, PC

Worms Armageddon

48%

Those intrepid invertebrates return with a vengeance in the much-loved Worms Armageddon. It’s a whole new can of worms! It’s hilarious fun that you can enjoy on your own or with all your friends. Worms Armageddon was originally developed as an expansion pack...

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Turrican

48% Mutiger Treffer
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Platform Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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20 Mass Effect 2 Cover

2010 · PC, PS3, X360

Mass Effect 2

46%

Are you prepared to lose everything to save the galaxy? You'll need to be, Commander Shephard. It's time to bring together your greatest allies and recruit the galaxy's fighting elite to continue the resistance against the invading Reapers. So steel yourself,...

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Turrican

46% Mutiger Treffer
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
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